March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month During the month of March, we’re urging folks to educate themselves about their risk factors and preventative measures of colorectal cancer during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in...

I Will Be Attending the Resistance Exercise Conference in Minneapolis I am very excited to be attending the Resistance Exercise Conference 2018 in Minneapolis, put on by my friend Luke Carlson. I look forward to the conference every year, as...

Unmotivated? Accountability Beats it the Winter Months – (My Fitness Journey – Vertex Fitness Diary 13) I’ll be honest with you. In the winter months, I’m very much like a squirrel. I don’t actually hibernate, but I get very lazy and...

Lung Cancer Doesn’t Stop Her From Dancing at Her Daughter’s Wedding – Client Spotlight, Nikki Keach At Vertex Fitness, we help people get back on their feet and bounce back from difficult health issues feeling stronger and more like themselves....

February is National Heart Health Month February is national heart health month, so we’re going to be taking a look at what strength training can do for your heart health. You may have assumed, like many others, that the purpose...

Getting Stronger, Am I Really? – (My Fitness Journey – Vertex Fitness Diary 12) Getting stronger is, in truth, only part of my goal for performing strength training at Vertex Fitness every week. Getting stronger is the reason for the exercises...

Can Cervical and Lumbar Exercise Make Your Spine Stronger? As we discussed in our recent post, Vertex Fitness is very excited to be offering some new equipment and programming. The MedX line is available at only a few physical training facilities...

Momentary Muscular Failure, Why Aim To Work to Failure? If you’ve been working with us at Vertex Fitness for any length of time, by now you are well familiar with the feeling of momentary muscular failure. It’s what we aim...

What are the Optimal Reps in a Set? Recently, our contributing writer wrote a diary post in amazement at the fact that under the HIT method of strength training, which we practice here at Vertex Fitness, the ideal set length...

January is Thyroid Disease Awareness Month Let’s take a quick break from talking about your New Year’s fitness resolutions to talk about something you should be aware of if you are struggling to manage your weight: thyroid disease. What is...